
The sixth film Giorgos Lanthimos not has become an undisputed masterpiece like "Lobster", but and happily passed the fate of "Killing sacred deer", this Hollywood version of the art exercise "Fang" and"the Alps". At this time Greek filmmaker has made a real ode to feminism is not without reverence in the direction of the LGBT movement (but that with him to take the time is). Focusing on the interior, pictorial opus Greenaway, Lanthimos wants to impress the viewer with the boldness of the statements about cream of the English aristocracy, but turns him in a whole, the secondary pattern.
Comparison of "Mistress" with "Barry Lyndon" abused critics, is also inappropriate, for use wide-angle lenses — rather, a visual quote of the films of Orson Wellse (especially in before the use of shooting from below, which shapes become monumental as in "touch of evil" or"Othello"), than the cinematic kubicheskogo authenticity of the film. The Creator of "Barry Lyndon," as you know, tried to achieve the similarity of the images and paintings of those years when the action unfolds it tape (because the scenes were shot in the candles, no special lighting, with the use of lenses used in the aerospace industry).
The same lanthimos relies on "clash of the titans" — two favourites for the location of the Queen, because its bitches are each other and have a sort of negative charisma, as & villains wells (another similarity). I must admit that acting Hollywood performers caught in the trap of obscene, unrealistic dialogue, it's hard to believe that said the 18th century, even in private conversation, but this fascination dramatic structure of the film is not suffers — the viewer interesting to watch the intrigues of rivals in spite of the whole uniformity.
Hollywood film Academy so have chosen to "Favorite" because it is very convenient for US movie critics and satirically criticized the class prejudices of Europe, which in the States never was, is another reason to say, "how corrupt was the European aristocrats", not saw a this is the tragedy of culture as this happened, for example, Visconti. Plus everything trend that act "Favorite" strong woman, and men are weak and childish. It now everyone likes.
Well, overall, the inferiority of this General a good painting, but whether it following the festival environment, or something else? When final Emma stone in the course five or six seconds unrecognizable, the face changes from the triumphant contempt to solenosti is aerobatics acting, but the valuable painting is not it. Rather dignity. same chimerical, deceptive, as her disadvantages: first mistress fought for the interests of the country, the second — only your own this elusive degradation of the court fight — not perceptible, but a clearly perceptible sadness pictures, and the reason it again.
Judge for yourself if history is cyclical, and nothing changed to the best, why then the need for social and other changes? The historical pessimism of Lastimosa immobilizes the mind of the viewer, trying to get his think to fight for better life what for you still win geeks, more talented opportunists, Lanthimos — the misanthrope, this property, coupled with the melancholy of a very destructive effect on the active part of the mind viewer, encouraging him or her to surrender to the troubles. "Mistress" — movie are talented, but captured by the cynic and misanthrope, not believe people, it's certainly not the feast of misanthropy, as Trier's latest opus, but still to live after this movie they need less than after the tragic, but the cleansing of the historical epics of Luchino Visconti, it makes the tape Lastimosa secondary.
The pessimism of the end of history — fashionable postmodernist trend, which goes from one modern paintings in another it devalues all attempts movie to change lives, because if the story came to an end, and makes it monsters (that appear such heroic figures after deconstruction by means of art), but further for (a kind of life after death) — pointless however, to see that such pessimism is to have an idea of that what a world we don't live at stupid Commerce and on may seemingly smart, but not so and stupid Arthouse.